In this presentation, we discuss aspects pf repurposing photo curation software for an eHealth application. We focus on the development process, documentation, and assumptions.

1. SRS from Software to Health App
Brock Dubbels PhD.
Liz Zelinski PhD.

2. ElderWork/ ElderTech

6. Repurpose means . . .

8. A box

9. The Developers

10. Requirements

12. The SMEs

13. Accommodations in each residential area (independent, Assisted Living and
Supportive Care) at Charter House support and embrace those with memory
loss. A unique and innovative day/evening program called The Memoir
Project becomes the anchor (gathering space) of support for a memory care
inclusive campus.

14. • Filmmaking
• Picture sorting
• Storytelling
• The theatre (movies, memoir projects, showings)
• Small Group Sharing (show and tell sort of model)
• Writing Room
• StoryCorps (audio taping of life story)
• Music Room (what era resonates with you)
• Prop Room
• Make-up Studio
• News Room – News of your era
• Rest and Relaxation Suite (perhaps the sight, sound and
• small of being on a beach, at a lake home, fishing, walking
• in nature, an imax sort of an experience)

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16. The Admin

17. To keep persons experiencing memory loss living as independently as
possible in an environment that enriches wellbeing, accommodates personal
choice and honors the strengths, dignity and inherit self- worth of each
person.

18. The users

19. The Care Givers

20. How would you like to tell your story?

21. Contact
G-ScalE Game Development and
Testing Lab
School of Engineering
Department of Computing and Software
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
dubbels@mcmaster.ca
Rita and Edward Polusky Chair in
Education and Aging
Professor of Gerontology and
Psychology
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
zelinski@usc.edu

22. Team
McMaster University University of Southern California
Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic
Fluid Media